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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1637
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Laxating, vbl. n. [e.m.E. (1652), f. laxate v. (1622), L. laxāt-, laxāre: cf. Lax,v.] Laxation, loosening of the bowels. — 1637 Johnston Diary (1911) I. 281.
On Forsday I took physik, quhilk the Lord blissed both in vomiting and laxating
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